This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms gracie fields, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 12.55 N,2 39.401 E (51.1325, 2.5103666666667)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. A 10 (possibly)
2. A-15 (possibly)
3. Aloha
4. Anton hammerbacher
5. Apache
6. Ardmount
7. Auretta
8. Bourrasque
9. Bowsprite (bow section)
10. Bowsprite (bow section)
11. Bramden (possibly)
12. Clan macalister
13. Clan macneil (possibly)
14. Cmb 1
15. Cmb 71a
16. Dageraad
17. De wandilaar
18. Dortmund
19. Douaisien (possibly)
20. Ely
21. Emeraude
22. Empire path
23. Etendard
24. Fenella (possibly)
25. Fennella
26. Fl5
27. Floride (probably)
28. G 96
29. Gold shell
30. Halo (probably)
31. Heinkel 111
32. Hm motor launch 561
33. Hms basilisk
34. Hms brilliant
35. Hms colsay
36. Hms gracie fields
37. Hms grafton
38. Hms grafton
39. Hms grenade
40. Hms hayburn wyke
41. Hms keith
42. Hms plumpton (probably)
43. Hms polly johnson
44. Hms sirius
45. Hms skipjack
46. Hms st abbs
47. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
48. Hms wakeful
49. Hms waverley
50. Hms whitley
51. Hoop op vrede (n 741)
52. Horst
53. Jaguar
54. John mahn
55. Kap arkona
56. Kestrel
57. Keulse vaart iv
58. Kilmore
59. L'urtiga (possibly)
60. Laura
61. Lct(r) 457
62. Lorina
63. Lorina (possibly)
64. Lst 420 (bow section)
65. Lst 420 (stern section)
66. Lucy jenny ii
67. M 3610
68. Marie
69. Mariner (possibly)
70. Maurice
71. Mona's queen
72. Mont louis
73. Msc alyssa
74. Nashaba
75. Nautica ena
76. P 319
77. Putten
78. Queen of the channel (possibly)
79. Quo vadis
80. R.93 (possibly)
81. Ra.2 (possibly)
82. Rita
83. Robert l vann
84. Robert-clara
85. S 220
86. S.192 (possibly)
87. Sabrina
88. Saint camille
89. Saint therese de jesus
90. Sampa
91. Sea hunter
92. Senator holthusen
93. Senator sthamer
94. Sigurds faulbaums
95. Sperrbrecher 170 (probably)
96. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
97. St fagan
98. Sterre der zee
99. Toquet
100. Torpilleur branlebas
101. Trifels
102. Tringa
103. U 11
104. Ub29
105. V 201 (possibly)
106. Vlaanderen (probably)
107. West-hinder
108. Wielingen ii (possibly)
109. Wielingen ltv
110. Wolf
111. Zeester

 

Name: HMS GRACIE FIELDS

Length 59.7 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 393 ton

Cause: built in 1936. hired as minesweeper from 10.1939. bombed and sunk by german aircraft while assisting with evacuation of british expeditionary force from dunkirk.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H0602/40 1.6.40 ABANDONED IN SINKING CONDITION IN 512000N, 020500E. (HMS PANGBOURNE, 30.5.40). H1545/64 14.3.73 WK FOUND BY SALVAGE VESSEL 'BARRACUDA' IN POSN 511242N, 023906E. (OSTEND NM 54(P)/73). NAVEAM ISSUED. H1554/64 15.3.73 SW 7MTRS IN 511236N, 023930E [EUR].(OSTEND NM 67/73).

- NM 688/73 H1310/85/8 19.8.84 LOCATED 4 MILES FROM EXTREME POINT NIEUWPORT HBR B'WATER & 3.22 MILES FROM NIEUWPORT BANK BUOY USING RADAR. DIVED ON 19.8.84. WK IS V BROKEN AND LIES IN TWO PARTS. THE SMALLER IS TO THE NE AND ABOUT 3MTRS HIGH. THE LARGER INCLUDES BOILERS WHICH STAND HIGH ABOVE THE SEABED. THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE A FRENCH TRAWLER. (J COULON, 25.1.85). FR WK RECORD NO.21612206 GIVES POSN AS 511242N, 023930E [EUR]. NCA YET. H1310/86/24 6.10.86 WK IN 511240N, 023920E IDENTIFIED AS GRACIE FIELDS. 3 PDR SHELL RECOVERED. (J COULON, 15.9.86). NCA. H1310/88/25 22.4.88 IDENTIFICATION CONFIRMED. (P FABIEN, 2.4.88). NCA. HH342/001/92 4.6.92 EXAM'D 15.5.92 IN 511242N, 023930E [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED NOW 4.8MTRS. (OSTEND NM 181(T)/92). NCA. HH342/710/02 22.6.94 HH342/710/02 22.6.94 WK 4.7MTRS SHOWN IN 511242N, 023930E [EUR] ON BELGIAN 102 [1994 EDN].

- NM 2400/94. HH342/710/03 26.6.95 NOW IN 511236N, 023929E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 12/112/95). BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 18.10.10 SHOWN AS WK 4.6MTRS [LAT] IN 5112.550N, 0239.401E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, BOILERS HIGHEST POINT

Position: 51 12.55 N,2 39.401 E

 

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